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Colour references and accuracy when colouring old photos is an essential part of a successful project. When colouring any photo use research to ensure what colours you add are accurate and in keeping with the period, location and time of year. In a railway photo I coloured the location was known before starting. Knowing the location helped with researching the local rocks. This then...

Advanced colouring techniques, so what makes a re-colouring a photo really work? I’ve talked about colouring before and the various blend modes but what makes the colouring process realistic and not fake looking? Simply put, adding a layer of colour over part of a photo, only colours it. We dont want that to happen. We don’t want to just “add” colour to the photo,...